# Required Plugins - Exchange Setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831 "2017-05-15T22:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sweath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@sweath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sweath)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/1 "2017-05-15T22:03:25Z")
I followed the guides to configure watcher to send an email using this documentation, [Configuring Watcher to Send Email | Elasticsearch Watcher [2.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/2.4/email-services.html), but whenever I add the exchange settings into my elasticsearch.yml file I get errors over and over like the following and Elasticsearch fails to start: > Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [watcher.actions.email.service.account.exchange\_account.smtp.password] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:293) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:256) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:139) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [watcher.actions.email.service.account.exchange\_account.smtp.port] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings If i remove the configurations from the elasticsearch.yml file and start elasticsearch, it starts just fine. I can query "curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/\_watcher/stats?pretty](http://localhost:9200/_watcher/stats?pretty)'", and get a normal response like so: { "watcher\_state" : "starting", "watch\_count" : 0, "execution\_thread\_pool" : { "queue\_size" : 0, "max\_size" : 0 }, "manually\_stopped" : false } The following query would tell me that watcher is working fine before the exchange entry has been made in the elasticsearch.yml file, so what could be causing this issue? I pretty much copy and pasted the configuration from the documentation, only changing the username and password. It's almost like when I make that entry elasticsearch is acting like the watcher module doesn't exist. I installed watcher from xpack and according to the documentation I just needed to add that entry into my elasticsearch.yml file and it is supposed to work... ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/2 "2017-05-16T05:23:38Z")
hey, which Elasticsearch version are you using? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![sweath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@sweath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sweath)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/3 "2017-05-16T15:10:06Z")
5.4.0. It was also installed from the RPM, and have had nothing but issues with it. ---
**Author:** ![sweath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@sweath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sweath)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/4 "2017-05-16T15:24:34Z")
I got onto the wrong documentation, was in the watcher documentation, when I needed to be in the xpack documentation. This can be closed. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/5 "2017-05-17T06:50:31Z")
Hey, glad you had it solved. If there are issues with the RPM, please be more specific, happy to help solving them. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![locain.ru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@locain.ru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/locain.ru)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/6 "2017-05-31T09:53:00Z")
Same problem with standard profile > ``` > Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [watcher.actions.email.service.account.work.smtp.host] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:293) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:256) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:139) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/7 "2017-05-31T12:01:26Z")
The solution to this is already posted above. You used the configuration for Elasticsearch 2.x but should use the parameters for x-pack, as you are using Elasticsearch 5.x. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.4/actions-email.html#configuring-email](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.4/actions-email.html#configuring-email) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-plugins-exchange-setup/85831/8 "2017-06-28T12:02:49Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.